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Hunting
You know he’s out there, roaming around somewhere on the place. Ground sign here, trail-cam photo there, antlers everywhere… what’s it going to take for the two of you to meet up? He’s getting instinctively restless, is the buck, possibly not even realizing where these urges are coming from, but he is feeling the need…
Almost every GON fishing story involves a local expert, most often it’s someone with hundreds, if not thousands, of hours spent on the subject body of water. I’ve worked on many such stories through the years with GON, and it amazes me how much you can learn through the experience of others. I’ll go ahead…
If you’ve ever come out of the canal in Mexico Beach, Fla. and run 3 miles south into the Gulf of Mexico along the buoy line and experienced fish busting on top as far as you could see, that’s what it reminded me of—even if I was hundreds of miles from the salt. The scene…
Another season of duck hunting will roll around soon, and all duck hunters wonder how the Georgia duck forecast looks. Duck hunting here is dependent on many factors, and at the forefront is bad weather up North. Wet conditions in the spring and summer is good news in the breeding-ground wetlands, and nasty, cold weather…
Rain and swirling winds followed by scorching summer-like temperatures couldn’t dampen opening week of Georgia’s archery season. Hunters are flooding GON with pictures and stories of big bucks—and the season is only getting started. We have a super group of Hunt Advisors across the state who file reports from their deer woods. Here are their…
Shorter days and cooler water will drive West Point Lake spotted bass and largemouth to move shallow and ramp up their feeding activity. Take advantage of this fast fall fishing by hitting the right kinds of places with the right baits. Located on the Chattahoochee River at LaGrange, West Point has long been a good bass…
West Point: Level: 9.8 feet below 635. Temp: 85-87 degrees. Clarity: Getting muddy. Catfish: Ronnie Garrison spoke with catfish angler TR Clark, who said, “Catfishing on West Point Lake has been a season of ups and downs. On normal years, it is expected that there will be a hot bite just after the spawn, then…
Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1 foot below 521. Temp: Upper 70s. Clarity: Getting muddy. Bass: Tournament angler Tyler Morgan, with Summerland Outdoors, and GON Map-Of-The-Month author Ronnie Garrison both won late September tournaments following Tyler’s September fishing report. Ronnie reports, “On Saturday, Sept. 21, Tyler won the NBT tournament with five bass weighing 12.50 pounds and had big fish, with…
The first hint of cooler weather has tickled south Georgia, and the trees are slowly starting to show signs of trading in their green shady canopies for future burn-pile fuel in hints of orange, red and yellow. The corn has been picked and the fields have hosted early season dove shoots with the popping of…
I’m writing this as Hurricane Helene is bearing down on Keaton Beach, Fla. I’m praying that everyone is able to stay safe. Fishing conditions will be changing this weekend as rains will be variable around the area. Altamaha/Ocmulgee River: The bass bite has remained great on the Altamaha system. Seth Carter and his buddies Michael…
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